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United States, Mexico and Canada They are extending restrictions on non-essential travel on their shared borders for an additional 30 days, the acting secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security said in a tweet, Chad Wolf.
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“As President (Donald) Trump pointed out last week, border control, travel restrictions and other limitations remain key to slowing the spread of the coronavirus and allowing for the gradual opening of the country.Wolf wrote.
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The administration announced in March that it would close the northern and southern borders for most non-trade travel in an attempt to stem the spread of the virus. Authorities said at the time that the restrictions would be revised after 30 days.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), for its part, announced on Twitter that the United States and Mexico extended restrictions on all non-essential land traffic on their common border.
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The agreement reached by Mexico and the United States last March includes:
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– Restriction on non-essential travel: tourism and recreation
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– Protect bilateral trade and Mexico-US economies
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– Access to food, fuel, medical care and medicines
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– Essential trips continue unhindered
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On the eve, over the weekend, the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced that it agreed with the United States to keep its border closed, for non-essential travel, for another 30 days due to the coronavirus pandemic or COVID-19.
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“The agreement was extended for another 30 days under the same terms, it will ensure that we continue to obtain essential goods and services from one side of the border to the other.Trudeau said.
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In addition, López Obrador indicated this Sunday that The United States will not restrict the sale of respirators to Mexico, this in response to a call that the Mexican president had with the US president, in which he also The transfer of 1000 ventilators was agreed to attend the coronavirus pandemic.
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“In the event of President Donald Trump of the United States, he has behaved in an extraordinary way, he has had solidarity with the people of Mexico and very respectful of our government. I spoke to him to ask him to help us with the fans, as I already made known, he replied on Friday that They are going to give us 1000 fans but there is something additional, the United States, as it also needs fans, because they are suffering like everyone else from this pandemic, limited the sale of the fans it produces to other countries and in the case of Mexico, there is no such restrictionthat is, we can acquire the fans that are needed, “said the Mexican president in a video broadcast on social networks.
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He also stressed that his government is about to have all the necessary doctors so that no person is left without a fan and without medical attention. “That all those who unfortunately have to be intubated have attention, that no one is left without attention and that age does not matter, because the most important thing is life, we will continue to act responsibly,” said López Obrador.
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The Mexican president made a call to citizens to stay home and take into account the recommendations of Hugo López-Gatell, the undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion who has been the spokesperson for the strategy to stop the pandemic. In addition, he highlighted that said official and a group of expert scientists were helping to carry out the plan to face the disease “with good results, without many patients and of course, without losing human lives“He expressed.
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